My street art name is simply my initials of my full name, which is Jamie Paul Scanlon, i chose not to hide my identity, police can only prosecute if theres a complaint i try to be selective of where i hit and so far been lucky. i sometimes regret not hiding my identity, on the plus side my back story of an ex addict who turnt his life around has inspired many others to face there demons or take up street art, but on the downside it also left me exposed to a few very sick stalkers.

In 2009 my life was at rock bottom i was heavily addicted to drink and drugs and not a good person, my friend George took me to see Banksys museum exhibition and it was a real wake up call on how i’d thrown my own talent away, it planted the seed to begin facing my own demons and i seen that street art could be what i needed to replace the buzz i sought elsewhere.

I could easily be political and try and get a real message across, but that doesn’t interest me. I mainly like to make people smile or sometimes scare them with my work, sometimes they have deeper meanings but in general i like to be unique and not follow the crowd so to speak.

My first piece was a tribute to my friend who was murdered in my hometown of weston super mare early hours of New years day 2009, his name was Darren Plumley, i made the stencil using just the blade from a stanley knife and it was cut in a quiet corner of a pub using the table as a cutting mat, i was sofa surfing at that time so technically homeless. I painted loads of them around the town on the day of his funeral in june that year and it got in the paper.